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Ok I am telnetting into a linux server. What is the command to get the server program to keep running in the background even after I close my telnet terminal?...
  1. 06-19-2003 #1
    Timdog
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    Run background program



    Ok I am telnetting into a linux server. What is the command to get the server program to keep running in the background even after I close my telnet terminal?
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  2. 06-19-2003 #2
    nikhil
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    just type an & after the command, something like

    #<command> &
    and this will run in the background.
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    Or look on the command nohup...

    man nohup

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